what they are not owning up to and s. reading and transcribing chris' diary well before bothering to tell it the family or anyone else that they took it from the site of the attack. bottom line is we were not on the phone when cnn was talking to ambassador stevens family. we don't know what aagreement was made, not paid. but -- not made. cnn felt like they got the diary. time to report it because of the security concerns that were there. that fits into this broader story going on right now. the other issue is the state department coming down hard because they are concerned about the family or are they also concerned this is going to add even more problems for the obama administration right now? they have already had issues with the narrative not working out. some of the details that they have had to change and correct. this might add more fodder though all of that. >> shepard: it could. >> thank you. >> shepard: you may have noticed governor romney was standing in front of his campaign plane earlier today. the g.o.p. pres